Why is it that we as a people are so obsessed with celebrity? Really why do we care what they are wearing and doing all the time? Why is it front page type news when two celebrities are having a war of words or when they break up or get together for that matter? I really don't get it. I'm not saying that I don't do it at times, I just wonder WHY I do it.
Why is it that I care if President-elect Obama was playing basketball with friends just hours before the election, or what kind of dog they get or if they will use the bowling alley regularly there in the White House? None of that really seems to be that big of a deal to me. I don't care really that Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie are fighting over Brad Pitt (or whatever it is this time around). It is a junior high type of thing to me.
Why is it that our culture is so taken with athletes that we pay them more than we pay the leader of our country and then hang on what they do as if it were actually important? I understnad that this is entertainment and that we need to have entertaiment (at least to a degree) to keep from giong crazy. But what I don't get is why it is such a huge industry to try and know what is going on in the lives of people who are not in our immediate circle of influence. Maybe we should start paying more attention to those people and go from there. Peace and Love y'all.
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